AU Deals: A Vigorous Hands on With the Moza AB9 FFB Flight Stick and Where to Score it Cheap!

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Though I was very much raised by the teachings of one Pete "Mach 2 with his hair on fire" Mitchell, I chase something more rabidly than Maverick's need for speed—my next gobsmack of force feedback. The more you can shake me, like the 12Nm-producing topic of today, the happier I am. Frankly, that's an intimidating amount of pushback on paper, which makes Moza's optional E-stop Safety Switch seem like a perfectly understandable purchase.

I'm already quite familiar with Moza’s brilliant efforts in the car (and even truck) racing space; this is the first time I’m seeing them deliver something for the stick jockeys. The claim from this peripherals powerhouse is that it’s marrying some already impressive proprietary force feedback tech with state-of-the-art engineering. A lack of actual Gs notwithstanding, I can early confirm that today’s setup gave me probably the most physically engaging flight experiences I’ve felt since that time I was a RIO for an hour in an L-39C Albatros.

We’ll turn and burn into the specific reasons why in a second. For now, though, let me provide some prices for the impulse buyers who wish to eject to a purchase without further info. If that’s not you—because that certainly isn’t how I barrel roll—then click here to skip to my continued hands on thoughts.

With the AB9 Base, Moza is hoping to become the untouchable Iceman of moderately-priced flight peripherals with these dual servo motors which deliver 12Nm of peak torque. Through those beasts, you’ll not just feel the expected jolts like explosions when you bite it in a dogfight or get out of control sausage roll below the hard deck. No, the AB9 can also make the subtler, more incidental stuff feel amazing, too, like taxiing, takeoff, landing, and turbulence (where you may or may not get into a flat spin and get NPC Goose killed).

Impressive to look at and constructed from aviation-grade aluminum alloy with a quiet, fanless design, the AB9 is smoother than a Pete Mitchell karaoke pickup maneuver,